Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, to Charles I [manuscript], 1636 June 15/25.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, to Charles I [manuscript], 1636 June 15/25.
Created/published
June, 1636.
Description
1 item.
Associated name
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662, correspondent.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England
Item Details
Call number
V.a.660
Folger-specific note
Sotheby's catalog description: Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO CHARLES I ("MY ONELIE DEARE BROTHER") Sending greetings by Monsieur de Vu, "who will give you a true relation of all that passed at Hambourg," whilst "by Sir William Bourde you will understand the particullars of the misfortune that is happened to Count Williams troupe," 1 page, folio (260 x 180 mm), "Rene" [Rhenen, Gelderland], 15/25 June 1636, integral autograph address leaf, contemporary endorsement ("The Queene of Bohemia to His M: d[elivere]d to me by His M: 27: 8 4:"), later endorsement, black wax seal impressions; strengthened. Red morocco-backed folder. Sotheby's catalog note: A rare letter by the "Winter Queen" to her brother, Charles I. Elizabeth had married Frederick, Elector Palatine, in 1613. Five years later Frederick was created King of Bohemia, an event which sparked the Thirty Years War. By 1636 Elizabeth was a widow living in exile in the Netherlands, and she continued to try to gain more active support from her brother for her political and military cause. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 348. Provenance: Sotheby's, 14 December 1989, lot 187 . Acquisition: H.D. Lyon, 1990 Pirie copy accompanied by carbon copy transcription and description on pale green paper. Adopted by Adele S. Davidson, Acquisitions Night 2016.
Folger accession
269380